1. Case Study
 Presented By : Sanaullah and Muhammad
Saleem
 BS(IT) 5th Semester

2. What Is a Case Study?
 “A Case Study is an in-depth study of
one person”.
 In a case study, nearly every aspect of
the subject’s life and history is
analyzed to seek patterns and causes
for behavior.
 The hope is that learning gained from
studying one case can be generalized
to many.

3. Case Study Methods
 Prospective: A type of case study in which an
individual or group of people is observed in order to
determine outcomes. e.g. a group of individuals might be
watched over an extended period of time to observe the
progression of a particular disease.
 Retrospective: A type of case study that involves
looking at historical information. E.g. researchers might
start with an outcome, such as a disease, and then
backwards at information about the individuals life to
determine risk factors that may have contributed to the
illness.

4. Types of Case studies
 Explanatory: used to do casual investigations.
 Exploratory: A case study that is some times used as a
prelude to further, more in-depth research. This allows
researchers to gather more information before developing
their research questions and hypotheses..
 Descriptive: Involves starting with a description theory.
The subjects are then observed and the information gathered
is compared to the pre-existing theory.
 Intrinsic: A type of case study in which the researcher has
a personal interest in the case.

5.  Collective: Involves studying a group of individuals..
 Instrumental: Occurs when the individual or group
allows researchers to understand more than what is
initially obvious to observers.
 “Sources of Information used in
Case Study”
 Direct observation
 Interviews
 Documents
 Archival records
 Physical artifacts
 Participant observation

6. How to write a Case Study?
 A Case Study is a puzzle that to be solved.
The first thing to remember about writing a
case study is that the case should have a
problem for the readers to solve.
 The Case should have enough information
in it that readers can understand what the
problem is and, the readers should be able
to come up with a proposed solution…

7. Steps in Case Writing
 There are three basic steps in case writing
 The Research Phase
 The Analysis Phase
 Actual Writing

8. The Research Phase:
• Library and Internet research
• Interviewing people who know the place or the
situation

9.  The Analysis Phase:
• Put all the information in one place
• Assign sections of material to different people
• Try to formulate the case problem in a few sentences
o The Actual writing:
1. Describe the problem or case question you want the reader to solve
2. Organize the sections of the case
a) Background on the place
b) Visitors to the place
c) Intro. To the problem
d) Government Policy
e) Business Opportunities in
f) Potential employees
g) Environmental Implications for Animal and Plant Life of Changes in the Area
 Other Sections of the Case
 Conclusion
 Making Sure Your Case can be used in other Country